The United Kingdom Parliament’s Select Committee for Defence has announced it’s opening an inquiry into the British Army’s approach to delivering its armoured vehicle capability. There is clearly frustration with… Continue reading "Is the British Army’s Approach to Armour Right?"
The first examples of the Australian Direct Fire High Survivability Lift (DFHSL) Block One Mission Module for the Boxer Combat Reconnaissance Vehicles (CRV) have arrived in Australia according to DTR… Continue reading "First Boxer Mission Modules with Lance Turrets Arrive in Australia"
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) appear to have finally begun negotiations to upgrade the Warrior infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) under the long delayed Warrior Capability Sustainment Programme (WCSP). The… Continue reading "Warrior Capability Sustainment Programme One Step Closer"
On 5 November, the British Ministry of Defence announced that it had signed a contract for the delivery of over 500 Boxer 8×8 Mechanized Infantry Vehicles (MIV) worth £2.8 billion… Continue reading "Britain Confirms Boxer Order and Signs £2.8bn Contract"
Northrup-Grumman has unveiled the XM913 50mm Bushmaster at this year’s AUSA (Association of the United States Army) trade show and conference. The XM193 is based on the proven Bushmaster III… Continue reading "New 50mm Bushmaster Chain Gun at AUSA"
With the passing of the submission date on October 1, two contenders initially emerged for the US Army’s Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle (OMFV) programme. OMFV, previously known as the Next… Continue reading "Lynx 41 Disqualified for Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle"
General Dynamics UK released a press statement on 19 September announcing its participation in the British Army Warfighting Experiment 2019 (AWE’19), following the acceptance of its proposal for Manned-Unmanned Teaming… Continue reading "General Dynamics Selected for British Army Warfighting Experiment 2019"
Infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) from Rheinmetall and Hanwha have been down-selected for the Australian Army’s Land 400 Phase 3 for the procurement of new IFVs to replace the Army’s ageing… Continue reading "Rheinmetall’s Lynx and Hanwha’s Redback Through to Next Stage of Australia’s Land 400 Phase 3"
With over 1,600 exhibitors this year’s Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) expo is one of the biggest ever. Tempest drew a lot of attention with the display of a… Continue reading "DSEI 2019 Day 1 Highlights"
In late 2018, the Australian Defense Force requested tenders for Land 400 Phase 3, their program to replace their inventory of M113. This follows the order of over 200 Boxer… Continue reading "Could Australia’s Next IFV Be Too Heavy and Undergunned?"